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Back in 2015, Hardy was still a struggling musician, playing for tips.  And one night, instead of a tip, someone wrote "QUIT!" on a napkin and dropped it in his jar. Well, Hardy didn't quit.  He doubled down And on Friday, he released a song about it.  Not surprisingly, it's called "QUIT!" It’s not radio friendly…but you can check it out!!

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Comedian Jo Koy is still stinging from the reception he got when he hosted the Golden Globes, but it's not his fault.  He's blaming the AUDIENCE. During a standup gig in St. Louis on Friday, he called celebrities, quote, "marshmallows" . . . adding, quote, "They're delicious, but holy cow, they're soft.  I just come from a different time.

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Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan had a scary emergency landing on Friday while flying home out of St. Louis.  Luke says it was 16 degrees and winds were blowing at 40 miles per hour, so some instruments on the plane weren't working properly. But it all worked out.  They were able to rent a car, and make a stop at Dairy Queen, with Jason behind the wheel.  Check out their live stream HERE.

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Earlier this month Jason Momoa mentioned that he didn't have a home and lives on the road since he's been busy with work. Well, he felt the need to clarify that he is NOT homeless . . . he's just houseless. He has a nice trailer, he just hasn’t bought a house yet..and he’s excited to be a first time home owner…

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Kane Brown posted a sneak preview of a new song about depression.  He says it's about, quote, "Horrible thoughts and feelings that I feel like a lot of us go through but don't like to talk about with other people.  If you relate to the song at all just know you're not alone and I love you."

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A "comedy A.I." called Dudesy made a fake George Carlin standup special.  It's called "I'm Glad I'm Dead", and it's an hour long.  And George's daughter Kelly is NOT happy.  She Tweeted, quote, "My dad spent a lifetime perfecting his craft from his very human life, brain and imagination.  No machine will ever replace his genius. We’d have to agree. (There IS some profanity you can hear it HERE…)

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Kenny Chesney hasn't released a new album since 2020.  But that changes this year. There's no word when it's coming, but Kenny says, quote, "I have to figure out which of the songs makes this record; what or why we're holding some of these recordings for and what's the best collection of songs we can give No Shoes Nation."

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The 2023 "People's Choice Awards" nominees were announced yesterday.  Taylor Swift, Luke Combs, Nicki Minaj, and Morgan Wallen tied with five nominations each.  The show airs live February 18th on E! and NBC with Simu Liu hosting.

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BroBible says Alan Ritchson went into "Instant Reacher Mode" and stopped a car robbery while on a date with his wife in Montreal. They were walking to a very nice dinner all dressed up and saw somebody breaking into a car. His wife says “Don’t do it” And He went Instant Reacher Mode, and I was like, ‘Some justice has to be done here.’ Saying,  He chased that dude like four blocks and tossed that dude into a building until the cops came. His wife was very mad at him for not just taking her on our date  — they got there eventually.”

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Chris Janson tells People magazine that going hunting helps him get his mind together.  Saying, "You're out there trying to outsmart a deer who can be quick and quiet, and if you miss, you're probably not getting a second shot. So when you're out there, you're thinking about all of that and all of your other problems, worries, and anxieties just go away for a while."

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Shannen Doherty blames Kevin Smith's "Mallrats" for killing her film career.  Even though the movie now has a cult following.  Shannen says, quote, "People literally thought that I was carrying the movie, so therefore it was a box office failure, it was completely on me.  So there was no film career after that, which was a little brutal . . . yeah, it couldn’t POSSIBLY be any of the bad press she was getting from the sets of 90210 at the time for being hard to work with.

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Zach Bryan played a surprise 40-minute acoustic set Tuesday night at the Sagebrush in Austin, Texas.  The first 100 fans to show up got in, and they also received FREE beer courtesy of Zach…

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